The Upload

The judges for this year's Cool Idea Award program share the best advice they've received and what resources they recommend to aspiring entrepreneurs trying to get their business off the ground.

Audio giant Bose has acquired Hush, a startup that developed noise-masking earplugs and is a past Cool Idea Award winner.

Get the inside scoop on what makes a Cool Idea Award application stand out from the rest of the pack.

An interview with Amanda Williams. She spearheads intelligent packaging programs at Jabil.

An interview with John Vaskis, a senior director of hardware at Indiegogo.

The developers of AgPulse, a water-management system that optimizes watering and irrigation for farms, have won the latest China Metal Parts Cool Idea Award.

An interview with Andy MacInnis, a technical instructor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

An interview with Chris Boyle, a biomedical engineer and entrepreneur from Queens, New York.

An interview with Taylor Stein, a technology evangelist at Autodesk based in the San Francisco Bay area.